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a festive cookies and cream cheesecake covered in rainbow sprinkles on a wide white cake stand in a horizontal shot, a colorful slice showing dark cookie pieces, party plates and candles nearby on a bright table, cheerful natural light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Birthday Cake Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

A delicious cheesecake filled with pieces of cookie and rainbow sprinkles.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 24 chocolate sandwich cookies crushed
  • 5 tbsp butter melted
  • 32 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup rainbow sprinkles
  • 8 chocolate sandwich cookies chopped

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 325F and press the cookie crust into a springform pan.
  2. Beat cream cheese and sugar smooth, then mix in eggs and vanilla.
  3. Fold in the chopped cookies and most of the sprinkles.
  4. Pour over the crust and scatter the remaining sprinkles on top.
  5. Bake about 60 minutes until just set.
  6. Cool, then chill at least 6 hours before serving.

Notes

Use jimmies, not nonpareils, so the colors don't bleed into the batter.